Suspenders



M. WElNSTElN Jan. 19, 1932.

SUSPENDERS Filed Sept. l2, 1950 BY gy/@ HTTaH/vsr Patented Jan. 19, 1932 MORRIS WEINSTEIN, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS Application led September 12, 1930. Serial' No. 481,433.

My invention has in contemplation the separate marketing of the four essential parts of a pair of suspenders, namely, the main or shoulder band, the back end, and the two front ends, so that these parts may be separately purchased for replacement purposes at a fraction of the cost of the ordinary unitary Suspenders, or of the complete combinationof my unitary parts and the suspenders .forming the present invention embody in their structure features of construction which adapt them to that manner of merchandising the goods and for the facile detachment and replacement of a worn or broken part.

A further object of this invention is to make the suspender ends in such a manner that they may be used with and may be readily secured to a piece of elastic webbing, which isV merely cut o from a length or roll or webbing to comprise the main or shoulder straps, without making it necessary to hem, stitch, bind or overcast the raw or uninished ends of thewebbing, or to do anything therewith except to cut -it to the de- 425 sired length, the said ends being concealed finished ends of the shoulder bands may beV by the buckle or by the pad by which the upper ends of the front buttoning tabs are permanentlyexibly attached to the buckle.

A further object of this invention is to provide the front suspender ends with buckles permanently and irremovably attached thereto and of such a character that they securely and adj ustably clamp within them the main shoulder band, and within which the unconcealed and covered, and through which the main bands may freely slide longitudinally when the buckles are unclamped.

Other objects of my invention will appear in the specification and claims below. Referring now to the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which the same reference characters arel used throughout the various views to designate the same parts; n

Fig. l is a front elevational view of a pair of Suspenders embodying my invention;

F ig. 2 is a front elevational view showing Jr'ront of the buckle, of an end ot the main band or shoulder strap; and of the soft, ilexible pad or cushion, permanently and irremovably connecting the upper ends of the buttoning tabs with the buckle;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but of the opposite side of the parts therein shown;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3';

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the parts shown in Figs. l to 4 inclusive;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. l; and,

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a slightly different mode of attaching a front suspender end to the main band or shoulder strap.

The Suspenders embodying my invention comprises four complete unitary parts which may be easily assembled to form a complete pair of Suspenders, such as is illustrated in The four parts or members are respectively, the main member l, the back member 2 and two Jfront members 3-3.

lThe main member `1 comprises a single strip or band 4 of elastic webbing of the usual width which may be merely cut from a roll or spool of elastic webbing to the desired length.

The ends 4 of this strip may be raw or unfinished, it being unnecessary to hem, stitch, bind or overcast said ends as will appear below, although of course, the said ends may be finished in any desired manner. But, the main aim and purpose of the present invention is to enable one to merely purchase a piece of webbing, of suitable width, and of a length suitable for the purchasers personal needs, the same being cut by the shopkeeper to the desired length from a spool or roll ofy elastic webbing, and having purchased that length `to require the purchaser to do nothing further therewith except to pass it through the back member 2 and to secure the front ends thereof to the front members 8, as will be explained more fully below.

rlhe back number 2 preferably comprises a pair of buttoning tabs 5 5, the upper ends of which are covered by small pieces 6-6 of 100 leather or other suitable flexible material lying flat on the opposite sides of the buttoning tabs 5-5 and secured thereto by stitching 7 any one of which may be readily separated from the others and a new piece substituted therefor. Thus, if the elastic webbing forming the main member 1 loses its resilienc 5 The upper ends of these pieces 6 also cOV- all that one has to do is to free the en s 70 er the two ends of a relatively short len h 0f elastic -webbing 8, said ends being broug t topaed through a metal loop or slide 9 to lie 10 flat against each other.

are preferably also stitched Lathe 1mi' ends of said elastic webbing 8 by the stitching 7 and when the stitching is all finished; pieces 6 substantially stuffed with the lower thereof from its engagement with the fr members 3,draw the Webbingfreely out getlreiax preierablyafter the-length has been zfrmn the' loop or slide 9; insert a new piece of webbing 4 through the slide 9 and attach lhacklieslof the front member 3. Similarly if one of the front members 3 were to become broken or worn, one only has to unbuckle it and replace the member with a new or sub- The said pieces 6-6 "the ends thereof to the front members by the 75 la ends of the webbing 8 and with the upper stitued front piece 3. 'In both instances, last 80 epdsof thetabe, form ttbm-,Han soft, leX- ,above referred to,l the new part or ieee can legpad 10, whichis comfortable tQWearand not ,show ,through thev clothing. The tabs 5, the pad l0,- the folded webblng 8, and

20.. $heloop `or slide 9, ,carriedthereby, ,form a complete lunit whichlhave herein termed the hackmemben The folded or looped piece of webbing 8 thus-,forms the yielding elastic strap ofthe back member 2. Theirontmembers 3 Iare alike ,and each .comprisesa pair of4 front, buttoning tabs 11, the upper ends ofwhich lie between and are .enclosed by a relatively small piece 12 of flexible material such as leather or strong mmmwehbmg lie on opposlte sides of the upper ends of the wntrbuttoningtabs lland 1s secured there- Wer, the small piece 12 is passed thrdllgh with the upper ends of the front un, i ,tabs 11, enclosed thereby, becomest a flexi e, soft, thinpad 16, similar-to the padV v$0 11.0 on the backlllember 2 but permanenti atu '.lhedmith thebuckle l5 instead of wit the back strap 8. y The front member 3, `thus uekle 1,5 perm anentlyand exibly secured ,t0 vthe top or upper ends of vthe tabs 1,1. by the seftfflexible padl.

prising the frontbuttoning tabs 11 and the ','Iliefront plate 15' of the-buckle is preferj .ably flat and is preferably of a. size sulicient tolsubstantially cover and conceal behind it bes purchased at a small fraction. o the cost of. anew pairof Suspenders complete and the fullest service is obtainable from the article.

1 Since it is desirablefto have both shoulder straps of; the `suspender-s look alike when the fsuspenders are worn and since the attachvment of the ,webbing 4 to the back member is made b merely looping the webbillgthrough the sli e or runner 9 with the result that 0n side of the webbing is exposed over one shoulder and the other side ofthefwebbing is exposed over the other shoulder, itis desirable be woven in ,such a manner, that `the opposite 'sides .of-the webbing arev exactly. alike, thus itofvby the Vstitching 13. Before stitching, .displaying thefsamematternorornamentation .on bothhoulders.

and it ispreferably folded t0 `that the webbing be either; plain on that it.I5

der strapspresentthe same appearan when l 'thearticle isnsed. :Railing thus described my invention, what .I claim .and desire V,to protect-by LettersBattowed, constitutes 7a unit construction comt ent of the United States is;

.l- 11k asuspender, the combination-diferir www ,arable and replaceable unit, namely amain member,l a- `back member: and twolike -front members; sadfback member comprising a `pair of buttoning tabs, a slide .andr a back strap permanently connecting said slide with the back plate '15" of the buckle to clamp ,the upper ends of said buttoning. tabs, each -fthupndfl and in either event, the unfinished .-Mil4"i8'e0vered and concealed by the front .lrielnber 3.

` ,Itwwill now be seen that I have provided a ,front member comprising a pair'of buttoning tabs-and a buckle permanently, flexibly secured to the upper ends of said tabs; and said d .mi

main member forming'shoulder straps an comprising a single length ofelastic webbing, alike on both sides, adapted to' be severed roma ylonger piece ofv elastic webbing, and the ends of which maybe raw and unfinished,

through said slide on said back strap antibeing freely slidable longitudinally there- A through, the ends of said main member being clamped within said buckles and so adjustmembers each constituting. Sep- 1l Y. 'fn-vfthefbucklefand behind the upper end of said -main `member being merely passed-.135

r,2""3uspendiermadepp of four complete units, ably qand removablysecured to said fronten members by said buckles, the ends of said main member being covered and concealed by said front members.

2. In a suspender, the combination of four members each constituting a separable and replaceable unit structure, namely: a main member, a back member and two like` front members; said back member comprising a pair of buttoning tabs, a slide, an elastic back strap passing through and freely sliding longitudinally through said slide, the ends of said back strap and the upper ends of said tabs being brought together in substantial alinement, covering pieces of strong, flexible '15 material covering the upper ends of said tabs and the lower ends of said back strap and stitched thereto, whereby said back strap and said tabs are connected together by a pad stuffed with the ends of said buttoning tabs; each front member comprising a pair of buttoning tabs, a buckle and a strip of flexible material stitched to the upper ends of said buttoning tabs, whereby said tabs are permanently, pivotally connected to said buckle by a soft pad stuffed with the upper ends of said nabs; said main member comprising a single length of elastic webbing looped through and freely sliding longitudinally through said slide on said back strap and having its ends securely, adjustably clamped to and concealed by said front members.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of September, 1930.

MORRISy VVEINSTEIN. 

